He asks John for 3-5 hot topics, to which John replies:  Individual liberty, respect for the Constitution and the free market.

Nancy Pelosi’s jet transportation has costs the American taxpayers $21- to $28-million over the last 3 years, and we are borrowing 1/3rd of that money.  “That to me is unconscionable,” he says.
Dennis has the ambitious goal of ending the IRS, saying that we do not need the income tax to fund the government, despite popular belief.

When asked about the drug war, he recognizes the futility, saying: “I think we’ve seen that we’re not prohibiting anybody from doing anything.”  We are creating an underclass of former prisoners and costing a fortune, all for what?   Liberty is not a “salad bar”; if you are going to accept it, you have to accept the whole package.

He also feels the 700+ bases around the world need to be reevaluated from a socio-economic perspective.  We really should stop at “what is constitutional” and what isn’t.  Upon review, we may find that these bases do not make us safer, and certainly are not affordable.

Regarding Social Security, John considers it a pyramid scheme that depends on population growth.  We should allow people to opt out of the system and be responsible for their own retirement.

In the audio clip below from today (Nov. 24), Pelosi explains very clearly that we will be happier once her “job creation” bill goes through, and the increased debt will all be forgotten.  She says if people were asked they would rather a job than to protect our national debt from going up.

We have two choices according to Madame Speaker: more debt with jobs, or less debt with continued (or increased) unemployment.  This “A or B” trickery is exactly the kind of manipulative strategy politicians are best at.  When you set the stage, you can control the outcome.  Creative thinking and debate are avoided at all cost by most politicians, especially ones with low approval ratings, such as Pelosi.

Job creation is very important to communities, but is our government best suited for the job?  Besides, what ever happened to the nearly $1 trillion bailout, wasn’t that supposed to somehow provide jobs?  And we saved GM, why don’t people simply apply there?  They must be hiring.  Considering the banks made out best, you would think they’d be hiring some more tellers or something, right?  This is sarcastic, as obviously the aid wouldn’t be direct, but indirectly these measures were supposed to employ more people.  I guess that bailout is ancient history, and we have to start looking towards future, to new ways we can indenture our children into slavery — I mean, give them jobs.  Pelosi and Reid are just the team to do it.  By the time they’re through, our children will have “jobs” from cradle to grave.

The main idea is to compromise on a highway construction bill the Democrats have been trying to pass through the Senate.  “One of the best ways to spur job creation and economic recovery is through infrastructure investment,” 7 Committee members wrote in a letter to Reid and McConnell.  “That is why a longer term extension of the surface transportation program is so important to maintaining our nation’s vital bridges, roads, public transportation and other related infrastructure, restoring our economy and creating good jobs for American workers.”  (NY Times)  To reiterate: They are willing to compromise this bill ($500 billion over 6 years) in order to pass a bailout job creation bill.  Does this make sense?

Perhaps this “job-creation” bailout, possibly on the floor before Christmas, will provide some jobs in the New Year.  But I wouldn’t plan the celebration just yet.